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Patented May 26, 1931 UNITED STATES GENEVIEVE EEUEE, oEsANEEAivcIscdcAEiEoEmA y l 1* GAEMENT Box Y Application mea December10,1328. serieu No. 32a-,93s.

My invention relates to garment containers box of cardboard constructionor in an article of luggage such as a suit-case or the tray of a trunk.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a garment containerhaving a member adapted to hold the garment in proper shape to preventcreasing, whichv can be manufactured and sold at such low cost a-s topermit it to be used as a temporary package for the delivery of garmentsand to be thrown away thereafter. A second object is. to provide acontainer having a garment holding member which can, if it be sodesired, be removed with the garment and hung up, serving as a hangerfor the garment after its removal from the box. A still further objectis to provide a garment container which can can be made of cardboard andshipped flat in knocked down form and which, when so made, will costonly very slightly more, for both manufacture and shipping, than theordinary cardboard box now commonly used for the delivery of garments.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparentfrom the following description, which should be read with theunderstanding that the form, construction and arrangement of theseveral.'

parts may be varied, within the limits of the claims hereto appended,without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined therein.

A preferred embodiment of my invention will now be described withreference to theV accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. lis a plan view ofa complete garment box.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the garment holding member removed fromthe box.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates a box, which may beeither an ordinary cardboard garment box as used for delivery purposes,or an article of luggage such as a suit-case or trunk-tray, or any otherkind of a box of suitable shape for holding a gar- 1 end of the` box;

from a flat sheet of cardboard, asshownin Fig. 3. Its upper end (theright hand'end as seen in the drawings) is turneddown at right angles,as shown as 3,`an'd rests upon the bottom of the box against'one endthereof. The turned down end 3 is preferablythe full width of the box,in order 5to providelateral stability without positive connection withthe Immediately below the upper end, the holder 2 is formed withnotchesor 'cutouts 4- in its sides. The lower edgesbr corners 5 lformedby said notches receive the shoulders ofthe garment (not shown) thecollar thereof lying beneath and parti-aly encircling-the neckV 6-formed between said notches. The lower end '7 ofthe holder 2-isfolde'dback f upon itself along a li'ne adjacent thel endfof I vtheinside length of the box. It is preferably madeY of light material,'such as cardboard, having considerable resilient iiexibility,'so

that it may bend or curve in the middle to shorten its'eifectiveylengtliif a bulky garment is feldedover its lower end. .Such bending ofthe holder causes itto holdthe garment,

'resiliently but firmly, against the/lower end of thekbox.thereby-.preventing shift-ing. The-lower folded end-7 may beomitted, in which case the holder would terminate at the Vfold7.

Although it is not essential, I prefer to make the notches isubstantially V-shaped, with their upper edgesparallel to the endof theholder and in line with the fold 3 of the turned down upper end. Thiscauses said fold to occur at thenarrowest portion of the neck 6, andmakes it easy to locate.

The upper end of the holder 2 is preferably provided with an eye orgrommet 8, Fig. 3, in which a wire hook 9 may be placed. This allows theholder with the garment thereon to be removed from the box and hung in acloset or wardrobe, serving as a hanger for the garment.

59 meut. Within the bOX l is fitted a garment readily be appreciatedthat the"` v holding member -2, which I prefer to make and may beembodied either in a shipping holder 2 can be made easily and cheaply,by stamping from light Cardboard, and when so made, can be shipped fiatwith the ordinary form of knocked down cardboard box in which it is tobe used, thus adding very little to the cost of such a box, and theentire package, both box and holder, may be discarded after a singleuse. If intended for use in an article of luggage, however, the holdermay, if desired, be made of more lasting material.

It will also be seen that the holder, when used in a garment containingbox of suitable size, not only preserves the shape of the garment, byholding its shoulders in position, and keeping them elevated above thebottom of the box, but also, by extending from end to end of the box,keeps even a light garment such as a womans dress in its position in thebox, preventing shifting and bunching when the box is roughly handled.Moreover, by fitting closely within the box, both sideways and endways,and having no other connection with the side walls thereof, the entirebody of the holder 2 forms a support for the garment when the box isstood upon its end or side.

1. A garment holder adapted for free positioning in a box comprising aflat member having notches in its side edges near one end adapted toreceive the collar of the garment, the end portion of said member abovesaid notches extending the full width of the box and being turneddownwardly to rest upon the bottom thereof.

2. .A garment holder adapted for insertion in a box comprising a atmember having notches in its side edges near one end adapted to receivethe collar of the garment, the end portion of the member adjacent saidnotches extending the full width of the box and being turned downwardlyto rest upon the bottom thereof, and the opposite end portion of saidmember being folded back upon itself along a line adjacent the end ofthe box.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

GENEVIEVE BRUER'.

